Tasting Britain
Beiriso, Procter Street, Holborn
We headed down to the inventively named Beiriso, in Holbon, on its very first day of public trading. Turns out this wasn't a very good idea since they'd run a soft launch the day before and completely run out of everything food related. Well, asides from fruit, cereal bars, brownies and cheesecake, I guess! (I ate a brownie). Beiriso's angle is that they fuse Japanese and Italian cuisines (both of which I'm sure you'll agree are fucking awesome) eschewing the unhealthier bits of the two - thus creating healthy fusion food in a takeaway format for the time starved but rather health conscious people of Holborn. Seems legit.
OK, so I dunno if it's any good or not, but I got to meet Roya Latif, the founder, and her boyfriend (or possibly husband, I can't remember) who has a face I recognise from MMA (he confirmed this). They both seem nice enough and I'm hoping that if i reappear in future I'll get to be able to try some of this exciting sounding cuisine. Beiriso is a combination of 'bei' and 'risk' - which are respectively the Japanese and Italian words for rice. The Italian style coffee was pretty good. Because a double espresso that singes your eyebrows is always a good sign. Hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng.
Beiriso, Procter Street, Holborn
We headed down to the inventively named Beiriso, in Holbon, on its very first day of public trading. Turns out this wasn't a very good idea since they'd run a soft launch the day before and completely run out of everything food related. Well, asides from fruit, cereal bars, brownies and cheesecake, I guess! (I ate a brownie). Beiriso's angle is that they fuse Japanese and Italian cuisines (both of which I'm sure you'll agree are fucking awesome) eschewing the unhealthier bits of the two - thus creating healthy fusion food in a takeaway format for the time starved but rather health conscious people of Holborn. Seems legit.
OK, so I dunno if it's any good or not, but I got to meet Roya Latif, the founder, and her boyfriend (or possibly husband, I can't remember) who has a face I recognise from MMA (he confirmed this). They both seem nice enough and I'm hoping that if i reappear in future I'll get to be able to try some of this exciting sounding cuisine. Beiriso is a combination of 'bei' and 'risk' - which are respectively the Japanese and Italian words for rice. The Italian style coffee was pretty good. Because a double espresso that singes your eyebrows is always a good sign. Hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng.